The Mellotron Group

If you look so up Larry Chamberlin on Facebook, you will notice that Larry is a Chamberlin Music Master 500. Larry was Todd Rundgren's Chamberlin.

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> On Mar 18, 2016, at 2:00 AM, Chris Dale unobtainiumkeys@gmail.com [newmellotrongroup] <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> "That said, Keith was a huge talent, and a great player, even if he didn't like Mellotrons."
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> Treu!! He didn't like Mellotrons (or Chamberlins) because they couldn't play quickly (at least that's what he thought).
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> He very much did want a Birotron though, because the keyboard itself allowed for fast runs, but despite his friendship/clout with Wakeman, he never received it.
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> Incidentally Todd Rundgren didn't want a Birotron because (although he'd never seen it)  'it couldn't play fast enough'.
> He was basing this on the Chamberlin he had.
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> We know these opinions are borne of ignorance. They have more to do with the keyboard being out of adjustment on well worn and and maladjusted units than anything else.
> When the keyboard is properly adjusted, they can play fine.
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> A listen to Elton John's Mellotron flute solo in "Lucy In The Sky with Diamonds" proves this.
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>> On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 11:57 PM, John Barrick barrickjohn262@gmail.com [newmellotrongroup] <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>> Saw them in 1977.  They were touring Works.  Not long after that, I began to drift away from liking Keith's style, and eventually I realized that my favorite songs of their's always featured Greg Lake's melodies and vocals.  That said, Keith was a huge talent, and a great player, even if he didn't like Mellotrons.
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>>> On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 8:42 PM, JAMES STRAUSS jandjstrz@verizon.net [newmellotrongroup] <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>>> Only thing that lifted my spirits since this weekend is listening to Steve Wilsons solo effort "Hand. Cannot. Erase." - pretty awesome stuff there.
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>>> On Tuesday, March 15, 2016 8:39 PM, "markpringnz@gmail.com [newmellotrongroup]" <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>>> Very sad. A very talented pianist.
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>> john barrick
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>> *Leo got it right the first time*
>> *then he added a second pickup and got it righter*
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